March 6, 2015  || Vol. 7, Issue 10
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding       
Youth Violence Prevention Coordinated Technical Assistance Program (DOJ)
Deadline: March 30, 2015
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) recognizes that preventing and ameliorating youth violence requires a shared framework to address the factors that impact violence and victimization at the individual, peer, family, community, and societal levels and promote child and youth well-being. Jurisdictions that work to address these issues benefit from strategic, coordinated training and technical assistance (TTA) and participation in learning communities to help them reach their short- and long-term goals. To facilitate progress, better support youth violence prevention, and promote well-being in localities nationwide, OJJDP invites proposals to broker, coordinate, and provide relevant TTA to the 39 jurisdictions that OJJDP is funding through its three signature youth violence prevention initiatives-the Defending Childhood, National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, and Community-Based Violence Prevention initiatives. Click here for more information.

REMINDER
Improving the Health of People with Disabilities through State Based Public Health Programs (CDC)
Deadline: April 1, 2015
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to enhance existing activities to promote and maximize health, prevent chronic disease, improve emergency preparedness, and increase the quality of life among people with disabilities (PWD). This funding opportunity announcement focuses on the following priority areas for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), Division of Human Development and Disability (DHDD): Priority 1: Reduce disparities in key health indicators, including obesity in children, youth and adults with disabilities. Priority 4: Identify and reduce disparities in health care access for people with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to propose strategies that strengthen their current capacities and develop innovative approaches to accomplish the objectives of the program. Click here for more information.

Evaluation of the Office on Violence Against Women's Sexual Assault Justice Initiative (DOJ)
Deadline: April 30, 2015
NIJ seeks proposals to evaluate the Office on Violence Against Women's (OVW) Sexual Assault Justice Initiative. The OVW Sexual Assault Justice Initiative will fund up to eight sites to implement performance measures intended to gauge prosecution efforts in cases of sexual assault. The performance measures are intended to improve prosecutorial practices by targeting accountability-related outputs and outcomes rather than determining success by conviction rates. Click here for more information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards for Eliminating Health Disparities
Deadline: April 14, 2015
The RWJF Awards for Eliminating Health Disparities program advances RWJF's vision for building a Culture of Health by recognizing and celebrating individuals who have successfully implemented systems changes related to the determinants of health. Recognition of these efforts increases the visibility and awareness of the urgent need for systems changes to eliminate health disparities in our society. Click here for more information.
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REMINDER
Call for Abstracts
International Social Work Conference on Social Work and Social Justice
Deadline: March 30, 2015
Korean American Social Work Educators Association (KASWEA) and Asian & Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (APISWEA) in the United States, in collaboration with the Korea National Association of Social Workers (KNASW), announces the Call for Abstracts for the upcoming "International Social Work Conference on Social Work and Social Justice," to be held in Seoul, Korea, on June 4th -5th (Thursday-Friday), 2015. This conference aims to foster rigorous, meaningful and forward-looking discussions on contemporary social issues promoting social work practices. Presentations should offer research evidence, creative theory development, new and refined methods in social service delivery and social work education geared at improving social justice. Click here for more information.

Special Issue of The Journal of the Sociology and Social Welfare (JSSW) - Mind-Body Interventions in Social Work 
Deadline: August 8, 2015
This special issue is dedicated to studies of mind-body interventions as applied to social problems to prevent adversity and promote wholeness and well-being among individuals, groups, organizations, or communities served by the social work profession. Mind-body interventions include a diverse group of practices such as controlled breathing practices, meditation, yoga and practices associated with spirituality;1 and are considered one domain of practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM).2 In this special issue, we explore usefulness and effectiveness of mind-body interventions as applied to groups of marginalized individuals in society including but not limited to individuals living with conditions of homelessness, mental illness, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, poverty, incarceration and discrimination based on race or gender-identity orientation. Click here for more information.

Special Issue of The Journal of the Sociology and Social Welfare (JSSW) - The Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) 
Deadline: September 30, 2015
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 and its recessionary aftermath have, once again, raised the issue of whether a market economy can be relied upon to assure economic security. Although the market economy is dynamic and quite productive, the financial crisis has highlighted its instability and tendency to produce high unemployment, low wages, stagnant wages, greater income inequality or a combination. This special issue will explore the merits of the basic income guarantee (BIG) and related proposals such as guaranteed jobs, stakeholder grants, asset accumulation policies, and living wage legislation. Click here for more information. 
Conferences & Trainingsconf  

Tuskegee University Annual Commemoration of the Presidential Apology for the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study & Annual Public Health Ethics Intensive Course 

March 23-27, 2015 - Tuskegee, AL

This year's theme is "Assuring Ethics from Generation to Generation." Click here to register.


 United States Public Health Service Scientific and Training Symposium

May 18-21, 2015 - Atlanta, GA

This year we celebrate the 50th annual USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium at the Sheraton Atlanta.  The agenda has expanded from previous years and will allow for more continuing education, plenary speakers, and opportunities for networking with fellow PHS officers and state and local health professionals. The theme of this year's symposium is Public Health Diversity: Succeeding in a Flatter World. Attendees will get the latest on Corps responses to Ebola, unaccompanied children, influenza, overweight/obesity, mental health needs, and much more. Click here for more information.


American Evaluation Association Evaluation 2015 Conference - Exemplary Evaluations in A Multicultural World: Learning from Evaluation's Successes Across the Globe

November 9-14, 2015 - Chicago, IL

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about exemplary evaluations, enabling evaluation environments, evaluation policies, evaluation theories and methods, and research on evaluation from a range of cultures and regions throughout the world. In 2015, we encourage participants to reflect on our practice, and to present examples of success and challenges to contribute to the goal of highlighting exemplary evaluations conducted in countries at all points along the development continuum. And, we look to explore what facilitates exemplary evaluations-what are the enabling factors, actions, and drivers of success? Click here for more information.

Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata 

Institute for Research on Poverty Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Issue of Focus
This issue includes five articles on children/school-based interventions and poverty: Early childhood interventions for low-income children; Educational opportunity for homeless students; Reducing inequality: Neighborhood and school interventions; How school quality affects the success of a conditional cash transfer program; A path to college completion for disadvantaged students. Click here for more information.

Brookings Institution Report - Sex, Contraception, or Abortion? Explaining Class Gaps in Unintended Childbearing
There are wide class gaps in unintended childbearing among single women in the United States, resulting from different contraceptive and abortion choices across income groups. In this paper, we use data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG 2011-2013) to estimate how sexual activity, contraceptive use, and abortion use vary across income lines. Click here for more information.
News & Noticesnews   

Commonwealth Fund Blog - King v. Burwell: What a Subsidy Shutdown Could Mean for States

Virtually all commentators on King v. Burwell agree that a Supreme Court ruling against the government would be disruptive. But most skip over the potential real-world impact of the loss of health insurance subsides for millions of people, preferring instead to speculate on how Congress, the Obama administration, or the states might stave off insurance market failures. This is the fourth in a series of four posts examining the serious consequences of a decision that would terminate subsidies for residents of the 34 states that have federally run health insurance marketplaces. Today we look at how states would fare under the "Subsidy Shutdown" scenario. Click here for more information.

 

Testimony to Subcommittee on Human Resources and Committee on Ways and Means - Challenges Facing Low-Income Individuals and Families

Click here to read the full testimony, by Ron Haskins.


LA Times - Labor Department Extends Caregiver Leave Rights to Same-Sex Couples

Most legally married same-sex couples will be entitled to take up to 12 weeks leave to care for an ailing spouse regardless of whether the state in which they live recognizes their marriage under a rule issued Wednesday by the Department of Labor. Click here for more information. 
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